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[startquoteIs the "who knows" in quotes a cryptic hint?
"The Shadow Knows" 
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Is the "who knows" in quotes a cryptic hint?
"The Shadow Knows"
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We know that when it comes to John Barry re-recordings, having original manuscripts and sketches to work from is rare, making it a take-down job.
But what is it like for Williams material? Would it be easy to get the original manuscripts for DRACULA?
The only reason I ask is that it would seemingly present one less problem for the producers and also seemingly present less cost in music take-down time.
Count me for anything that can be done with this score. If three separate CDs came out—rerecording, OST and remastered album—I'd be in for all three.
Cheers
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I would pledge on a kickstarter for a re-recording of this with no hesitation. I've pledged my £20 to support 'Moonraker' as I want the CD and keen to support the endeavour but I'd likely pledge a higher amount for this.
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I'm getting a sense where a Kickstarter number two may be coming from... :-)
Of course, it also depends on whether Tadlow has the space in its schedule.
And I wonder ... if there was a second Kickstarter for DRACULA, I wonder whether there'd be space on the same disc to also record that title Thor wanted recording.
That would be an interesting proposition.
Cheers
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Any chance you could change the thread title? It's a bit misleading. When I first checked this thread yesterday I thought someone had found the stereo tapes. I knew about the mono stuff because MV mentioned it on the LLL Facebook page way back in 2013.
Thread title 'Dodgy mono elements found' might be more accurate. 
I put a question mark in the end.
Anyway, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't like the mono..
I would be completely content having a complete Dracula in mono with not PERFECT quality!
I prefer it than nothing, that is..
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We know that when it comes to John Barry re-recordings, having original manuscripts and sketches to work from is rare, making it a take-down job.
But what is it like for Williams material? Would it be easy to get the original manuscripts for DRACULA?
If you mean whether the sheet music exists, I can assure you that it exists at the Universal Music Library (both sketch score and full score).
Now, if you mean whether Universal would give it for a re-recording, that's another story. I don't know. But why not, if it would benefit from the sales too?
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I suspect that James Fitzpatrick is only holding off on this one because it is considered an imposition for another conductor to do an interpretation of a great piece like this one while the original composer still lives; the only exception being if said composer wants to record it again himself.
The chances of which, if I can credit John Williams' past statements with total accuracy, is zero.
Still, the fire in this score calls for a Gustavo Dudamel--or the like--who, near as I can tell, are probably not going to be recording for Tadlow or Prometheus any time soon. But I can dream, can't I?
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I suspect that James Fitzpatrick is only holding off on this one because it is considered an imposition for another conductor to do an interpretation of a great piece like this one while the original composer still lives; the only exception being if said composer wants to record it again himself.
The chances of which, if I can credit John Williams' past statements with total accuracy, is zero.
Still, the fire in this score calls for a Gustavo Dudamel--or the like--who, near as I can tell, are probably not going to be recording for Tadlow or Prometheus any time soon. But I can dream, can't I?
James said he wasn't doing a rerecording since he stated (on the FSM board) that Varese was releasing a DE.
Either way, I hope he reconciders it.
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John Mauceri did a very nice recording of "Night Journeys" with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. If Fitzpatrick takes this one on I'll be overjoyed. Always room for excellent interpretations of classic film music.
Ummm... classic might be overstating a bit. Great might be a reasonable descriptive for Dracula (I've never seen the movie or heard the score myself), but classic? Might be a bit of hyperbole there.
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